†family Humeoceratidae Teichert et al. 1964 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Bisonocerida - Humeoceratidae

Full reference: C. Teichert, B. Kummel, W.C. Sweet, H.B. Stenzel, W.M. Furnish, B.F. Glenister, H.K. Erben, R.C. Moore, and D.E. Nodine Zeller. 1964. Cephalopoda - general features - Endoceratoidea - Actinoceratoidea - Nautiloidea - Bactritoidea. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology K(3):1-519

Parent taxon: Bisonocerida according to D. H. Evans and A. H. King 2012

See also Teichert et al. 1964

Sister taxa: Allotrioceratidae, Bisonoceratidae, Chihlioceratidae, Coreanoceratidae, Emmonsoceratidae, Manchuroceratidae, Padunoceratidae, Piloceratidae, Proterovaginoceratidae, Sinoendoceratidae

Subtaxa: Humeoceras

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Type: Humeoceras

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lots 6 and 7, con. VI, 3 miles north of Earlton post office, Armstrong township (Silurian of Ontario)

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